"Izzy, have you seen my cape?" I heard Matt asking from next-door in the boys' locker room.

"No."

"You mean this?" I heard Mimi whisper. All of the other girls and I turned towards the pink-haired-girl-turned-fairy, who had a black cape enclosed in one of her hands. We all started laughing hysterically. I rushed over to Mimi and took the cape from her, hiding it under the bench. Then, we all continued getting ready for the party.

As I put on the finishing touches of my make-up, Rubymon came up and took a look at me. "Wow!" she said. "I can hardly recognize you. Pretty convincing 'Evil Sorceress' costume. You look beautiful!"

"Thanks!" I turned to her and smiled. (I wasn't wearing anything make-up that looked cheezy and totally fake like the stuff to turn your skin green. I was actually wearing regular make-up, except a lot of it for dramatic affect and powder to make my skin look paler that it already was.) "And it's a good thing that your fur is black. You'll make a great black cat tonight."

"Thanks. …So," Rubymon shifted awkwardly in place, "you wanna talk about it?" She looked up at me after saying this, awaiting my reply, that concerned expression from earlier back on her face. I started to say that I didn't know what she was talking about, but then I stopped and sank down on the bench next to me. Rubymon climbed onto it, sitting next to me and waited silently for me to begin.

So, I told her about the dreams that I'd been having. After I finished, Rubymon told me, "Well, I'd say for you to be on your guard. And if you run into any problems, you know you could always come to us for help."

"Yeah, I know. You guys will always be there for me, and that's what gives me comfort when I've had one of those dreams. I know that if something goes wrong, you all will be at my side in an instant. And I thank you guys for it." I smiled at Rubymon. She smiled back at me. It felt so good to finally tell someone about this. It felt as if a big weight had been lifted from off of my chest. I let out a sigh of relief and took a peek out the locker room door, at the haunted house over to my left. "This is gonna be great!"

"Yeah. And I think I can speak for all of the other digimon when I say that we're happy that we could be a part of it."

"No problem."

"Hey girls, what's up?" Rubymon and I both turned towards the voice to find Sora standing behind us, all dressed up in her 19th century girl-ghost costume.

"Nothin' much. You look great, Sora," I told her.

She smiled. "Thanks."

"Hey, everyone," Kari, called out, coming back into the locker room from talking to Joe outside. "Just to let you know, the party's gonna start in about 15 minutes. We're all gonna have to get into our places in the haunted house in about five minutes." Everyone nodded in agreement, and then hurried to finish up any last-minute touch-ups or preparations before we had to get in our places.

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"Welcome, Little Pretty," I said to the girl coming into the haunted house in a creepy voice, petting the snake around my neck, Rubymon at my feet and a cauldron sitting in front of me. She kind of looked at me, obviously surprised, nervous even, and kept moving so as not to get separated from her friends.

'Hmm, she looked a little paranoid,' I thought to myself as I turned towards the entrance to the house, waiting for the next person to come in. 'Then again, it could also have something to do with Delilah here,' I thought as I glanced down at the snake I'd placed around my neck for effect. Who says that having a pet python doesn't have its perks?

While waiting for the next person to come in, a sudden weird feeling washed over me. It felt like something was about to happen, but I didn't know what. I tried to ignore the feeling, but it only got stronger with each passing second. My unease must've showed, because the next thing I knew, Rubymon was tugging at my gown. "Are you ok?" she asked me as I looked down at her.

"Uh-huh," is all I could think of to say, not wanting to spoil her good time by making her worry about something that might not even happen. So then, I sighed and tried to forget the feelings of worry and tried, instead, to focus on how much fun I was having. This was my favorite holiday and I was determined to enjoy it as much as I could. Knowing my luck, it's more like I'd better have fun while it lasts.

It took a few minutes, but finally, the curtains began to part as someone stepped through—it was a boy. He looked like he was around my age, about 14 or so, like myself. And that was only a guess because of how tall he was. It was so dark in there that I couldn't see much more than an outline of a boy.

He had his back turned to me, obviously distracted by one of my friends from school dressed as a werewolf. He didn't really look scared by the whole werewolf act, so I hoped to at least startle him while he didn't know I was behind him. As soon as he got close enough, I got close to his ear and cackled, "Welcome, Young One."

The boy turned towards me at this, and I was slightly disappointed as he did this without even jumping in surprise. I was expecting him to look nervously at me and then shuffle away quickly. But, instead, I gasped in surprised fright as I found a pair of all-too-familiar amethyst eyes staring straight into mine…

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A/N: Dun dun duuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!! Like you don't know who that is already. It's kinda obvious, isn't it? It's kinda predictable that it's gonna be little Mr. Ego Trip over there. (Points to Digimon Emperor)

Digimon Emperor: Yay! Time to have some more fun! (Realizes what Diva'sDream just called him) –Hey!

…Uhhhh…Yeah…Whatever…

Digimon Emperor: (Looks pissed off) You little brat.

Brat?

Digimon Emperor: Yeah, brat—

Hmm… that's an interesting thing to call me… (Takes out a dictionary) Jee…I wonder how much it would hurt to get hit by this thing. Hey Ken, wanna find out? (Evil smile)

Digimon Emperor: 0o (Backs away slowly)

Thought so. (Puts dictionary away)

Digimon Emperor: (Looks pissed off again as Diva'sDream just sits there, smiling evilly at him) Yeah, yeah, I get the idea. Just do your little end-of-the-chapter spiel.

I could if you'd shut the hell up!

Digimon Emperor: (Mockingly) I could if you'd shut the hell up.

(Eyes dictionary)

Digimon Emperor: 0o ………………

(Reaches for it, smiling evilly again)

Digimon Emperor: (Runs for it)

(Watches him flee) Ok then! (Turns back to reader) I hope you liked this chapter. The story is coming to the big finish—Bum bum buuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmm. Chapter 19 is coming soon. See ya then!